Chance Quote by Richard Dawkins

This argument [that life is too improbable to have arisen by chance] comes up repeatedly: its latest manifestation is Hoyle's discussion of the likelihood…

— John Maynard Smith

All living things are gnarly, in that they inevitably do things that are much more complex than one might have expected.

— Rudy Rucker

“One reason I find anthropic reasoning troublesome is that no one yet knows what might be essential to any possible form of life or…

— Lisa Randall

“To get our universe, with all of its potential for complexities or any kind of potential for any kind of life-form, everything has to…

— Francis Collins

For many, to live in a universe that may have no purpose, and no creator, is unthinkable.

— Lawrence M. Krauss

On this ancient and miraculous world, where such beautiful natural and living things have evolved, something has gone wrong when life itself is used…

— Roger Ebert

The essence of life is statistical improbability on a colossal scale.

— Richard Dawkins

“Dawkins claims that the living world came to be by way of unguided evolution: “the Evidence of Evolution,” he says, “Reveals a Universe Without…

— Alvin Plantinga

“In nature, improbabilities are the one stock in trade. The whole creation is one lunatic fringe. If creation had been left up to me,…

— Annie Dillard

There is, in fact, no reason to believe that any given natural phenomenon, however marvelous it may seem today, will remain forever inexplicable. Soon…

— H. L. Mencken

“Why is nature so ingeniously, one might even say suspiciously, friendly to life? What do the laws of physics care about life and consciousness…

— Paul Davies

Given the facts, our existence seems quite improbable—more miraculous, perhaps, than the seven-day wonder of Genesis.

— Judith Hooper